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Guide to a Cellphone Side Career

by: matt_cilvik( 29Feedback score is 10 to 49)
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Guide viewed: 2477 times Tags: cellphone | accessory | verizon | cingular | cell


It's not a question that the cellphone industry in the United States is a Billion dollar business. Companies such as Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, Nextel/Sprint, and smaller other carriers bring in big cash profits anually. Although they cover millions of Americans across the United States and other Countries, not everyone is a cellphone junkie. However, with the costs of wireless accessories and handsets jumping upward everyday, there's no reason to not get a hand in the action.

There are many wholesale accessory and equipment manufacturers and dealers waiting to hand you lumps of their aftermarket product for a small dollar. Doing a query on any search engine will undoubtedly weild many possiblities to sticking your hand into the money pit and digging out your fair share of earnings.

Let's take cellphone accessories to instance. Companies like Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile will pay $2, maybe $4 for an OEM accessory from a distributor. They then turn around and mark the price upward to roughly $29.99 for that same item. That's a huge profit on top of the monthly revenue they bring in from service payments.

So why not you? As previously stated, there are companies out there that manufactuer vehicle chargers, home and travel chargers, cases and clips for pennies. You can pick these items up for maybe a dollar a piece, bought in bulk. You can then turn around and sell these items for a fraction of what the big companies charge, and still make a hefty profit.

For instance, if you purchase a bulk of 10 car chargers for $1 each, plus shipping, you're looking approximately $15. You can take that small investment and sell those same units for $3 or $4 dollars a piece. Right there your net gain is $15 or $25 dollars. Concider giant lots of these items. Who doesn't want a $400 supplement to their monthly earnings? I know I do.

Even if your not into selling them, save yourself some money and buy aftermarket items right here on EBay. Cellphone companies nab you for $40 to a couple hundred dollars a month, why not skate the system, help the little guy, and save some money. In the long run, the average consumer will change phones once every 13 months. Cellphone manufacturers continuously change charging ports in an attempt to make the consumer, you, buy new ones.

Skate this inevitability and help your internet trading/selling community. Besides, a penny saved is a penny earned. $26 worth of pennies is a lot of coins.


Guide ID: 10000000000943048Guide created: 05/13/06 (updated 04/08/08)

 
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